Hydroponic cannabis grow raided at Marrakai; man charged, second summonsed
Northern Territory Police raiding an 8-hectare property at Marrakai on 25 March 2009 found a hydroponics setup, 118.8 grams of loose cannabis, about 20 seedlings and a 2.36 kg plant, plus firearms including a hand grenade. A 47-year-old man was arrested and charged; a 37-year-old was to be summonsed.
🇦🇺 Marrakai, Northern Territory · Northern Territory, Australia
Members of the Special Operation Section executed a search warrant at an
8-hectare property in Marrakai at about 10:30 am on 25 March 2009 and found a
hydroponics setup in the residential area of the property.[1]Officers seized118.8 grams of loose cannabis material, about 20 seedlings, growing equipment
and a large cannabis plant weighing 2.36 kilograms.[1]They also recovered a
12-gauge double-barrel shotgun, a .308 rifle with telescopic sight, a knife, a
hand grenade, ammunition, military ordnance and a crocodile skull.[1]
A 47-year-old man was arrested and charged with seven offences, including
cultivating a prohibited drug, possessing a trafficable quantity of cannabis,
unlicensed firearm possession, failing to meet storage requirements, carrying a
prohibited weapon, possessing stolen property and possessing protected
wildlife; he was bailed to appear in Darwin Magistrates Court on 7 April
2009.[1]A 37-year-old man was to be summonsed to the same court at a later
date for cultivating a trafficable quantity of a prohibited drug and possessing
cannabis.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
2
of them seized
21
Cannabis
2.4788 kg
Agency
Northern Territory Police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (118.8 g); Living plants (2.36 kg)
Activity
Cultivation, Possession
Setting
Home
Charges
cultivating prohibited drug; possessing trafficable quantity of cannabis
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